[recipe] Pecan-Pear Tossed Salad

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Pecan-Pear Tossed Salad

 

Dressing:

2 Tbs fresh raspberries

3/4 cup olive oil

3 Tbs cider vinegar

2 Tbs sugar

1/4 tsp pepper

 

Salad:

4 medium ripe pears, thinly sliced

2 tsp lemon juice

8 cups torn greens

2/3 cup pecan halves

1/2 cup fresh raspberries

1/3 cup crumbled feta cheese

 

For dressing, press raspberries through a sieve, reserving

juice but discarding the seeds. In a jar with a tight-fitting

lid, combine the oil, vinegar, sugar and pepper and

raspberry juice; shake well.

Toss pear sliced with lemon juice. In a salad bowl, combine

salad greens, pears, pecans and raspberries.Sprinkle

cheese over top. Drizzle with dressing.

Yield: 8 servings

 

This recipe came from Marjean Claassen. I have one pear

tree in my yard. It is small and does not produce a lot of fruit

each year, but what it does grow is delicious. This one nice way

to use them.

 

~ PT ~

 

Understanding a person does not mean condoning;

it only means that one does not accuse him as if one

were God or a judge placed above him.

~Erich Fromm, psychoanalyst and author (1900-1980)